http://www.davidford.org/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from David Ford en-GB David Ford http://www.davidford.org/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 David Ford 2008-05-10T22:00+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.davidford.org/news/000185/ford_says_imc_leaves_questions_on_quinn_murder.html Alliance Leader David Ford has stated that the IMC report has left significant questions unanswered, as people question IRA involvement in the cover up of the murder of Paul Quinn. 2008-05-01T02:04+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000184/ford_says_antrim_barracks_closure_will_hit_town_very_hard.html Alliance Leader David Ford has stated that the loss of 100 jobs at Massereene Barracks in Antrim will be a devastating blow to the local economy in the town. His comments come after it was revealed that the Massereene Engineer Regiment Barracks is to close in 2010, with staff moving to RAF Aldergrove. 2008-04-24T16:30+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000183/ford_welcomes_cllr_billy_webb_to_alliance.html Councillor Billy Webb of the Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association has today announced that he has joined the Alliance Party. 2008-04-21T12:03+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000182/ford__traditional_town_centres_must_be_supported.html Alliance South Antrim MLA David Ford speaking after the publication of the report by the Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association into out of town shopping has raised several issues about shopping in Antrim. 2008-04-18T12:01+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000181/ford_congratulates_cannon_on_becoming_leader_of_the_progressive_democrats.html Alliance Leader David Ford has congratulated Senator Ciaran Cannon on winning the Progressive Democrats' leadership contest. 2008-04-17T11:08+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000180/paisley_and_mcguinness_must_stop_delaying_and_heed_advice_on_victims_commissioners.html Alliance Leader David Ford has accused Paisley and McGuinness of making a mess of helping victims by delaying progress on the issue in the Assembly. He also outlined the constructive suggestions that Alliance provided in their amendments on the Victims' Commissioner legislation. He said that it shows what mess OFMDFM is in, when it goes into meltdown over helpful suggestions to solve a crisis it created. 2008-04-17T09:25+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000179/ford_repeats_concerns_about_dpps_membership.html Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has repeated his concerns about the composition of new District Policing Partnerships in Northern Ireland, saying that appointment seem to be based on little more than a sectarian headcount. 2008-04-16T09:53+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000178/ford_congratulates_wrightbus_on_125_million_contract.html Alliance South Antrim MLA David Ford MLA has welcomed the £125 million contract for Wrightbus to build 1,000 buses for UK bus operator FirstGroup. The FirstGroup currently operates 9,000 buses in the UK. 2008-04-15T16:40+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000177/ford_comments_ahead_of_10th_anniversary_of_good_friday_agreement.html Alliance Leader David Ford has issued a statement on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. 2008-04-09T15:52+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000176/alliance_leader_announces_that_belfast_is_to_host_top_international_political_conference.html Alliance Leader David Ford has announced the excellent news that the party will be hosting a top international political conference in Belfast this summer. The Liberal International Congress will be taking place at the Europa Hotel between the 15-17 May this year, and will be examining issues like political conflict, human trafficking and environmental protection. Lord Alderdice, who is the current President of Liberal International, has also expressed delight at the Congress coming to Northern Ireland. 2008-04-09T03:09+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000175/alliance_leader_blasts_south_antrim_post_office_closures.html South Antrim Alliance MLA David Ford has condemned the two Post Office closures in the area stating that they will hurt local communities and damage local economies. 2008-04-01T13:44+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000174/alliance_leaders_fury_at_antrim_dpp_appointments.html South Antrim Alliance MLA David Ford has criticised the Policing Board for the way in which they appointed new members the Antrim District Policing Partnership. 2008-03-31T16:00+01:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000173/ford__still_much_to_be_done_ten_years_on_from_good_friday_agreement.html Commenting on the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has said that there is still much to be done. 2008-03-20T14:02+00:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000172/sandyknowes_chaos_shows_departments_failure__ford.html Alliance South Antrim MLA David Ford has said that tonight's traffic chaos in the Sandyknowes area shows that the Road Service has failed to deal with the problems caused by the closure of the Hightown bridge. 2008-03-13T21:00+00:00 http://www.davidford.org/news/000171/ford_says_executive_is_divided_and_has_squandered_big_chance_on_councils.html Alliance Leader David Ford has launched a stinging attack on Executive plans for local government saying they will fail to make councils more effective and will result in a damaging tribal carve-up. He also said that the fact that the two Ulster Unionist Ministers today voted against the plans underlines deep problems at the heart of the Executive. 2008-03-13T17:00+00:00